Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) says Pakistan which is hosting the Afghan Taliban leadership could bring the Taliban to a negotiating table with the Afghan government. Sayed Ehsan Tahiri, a spokesman for HPC said that Islamabad has close ties with the Afghan Taliban and that has an important role to …

Dozens of people were killed on Sunday when a gold mine collapsed in Badakhshan province, an official said. Provincial governor spokesman Nik Mohammad Nazari said the collapse occurred in the Kohistan district on Sunday morning. He added that the exact number of people caught in the collapse was unknown. While …

The head of the Independent Election Commission’s (IEC) Herat office and two senior officials who are accused of committing fraud have been referred to the attorney office, an official said on Sunday. The allegations against these individuals are forgery in result sheets, forgery in the ballots of more than 50 …

The U.S. officials are expected to hold soon next round of talks with the Taliban representatives on the Afghan peace process, sources close to the Taliban said. Last month, the U.S. officials met with the Taliban delegation in UAE amid diplomatic moves to press for a negotiated end to 17-years …

Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi arrived in Kabul on Saturday, where he briefed the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani regarding the recent meeting between the Taliban representatives and Iranian officials in Tehran, the Presidential Palace said in a statement. The statement said that Ghani met with Araghchi at the …

Pakistan and Turkey will hold a trilateral summit in Istanbul to discuss Afghan Peace, an effort to find a political settlement to end the conflict in war-torn Afghanistan. The announcement was made by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a joint news conference with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan …

Election observers on Friday said that lack of coordination between the electoral commissions has led the preliminary results of parliamentary elections for Kabul to be delayed. The parliamentary elections took place in all provinces except for Ghazni on October 20, last year; but, despite more than two months gap, the …

In response to the latest remarks by the U.S. President Donald Trump, the government of Afghanistan says there is a difference between statements and the official policy of a country. According to a statement released from President Ashraf Ghani’s office late on Thursday, the government of Afghanistan has asked Washington …

Abdul Latif Pedram, a former MP and head of Afghanistan’s National Congress Party, filed candidacy papers with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday. Pedram is the first nominee who is formally running for the 2019 presidential election. He has elected Ihsanullah Haidari and Mohammad Sadeq Wardak as his deputies. …

Taliban shadow district governor for Nahr Shahi district in northern Balkh province has been detained by the Afghan intelligence operatives, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) statement identified the Taliban official as Najibullah who was recruited by the Taliban insurgent group about …

The U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants the regional countries, including India, Russia, and Pakistan to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. “Why is not Russia there (in Afghanistan, fighting the Taliban)? Why isn’t India there? Why isn’t Pakistan there? Why are we there? We are 6,000 …

The Head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council Secretariat Mohammad Omar Daudzai will travel to Pakistan next week. Speaking with the civil society activists in Kabul, Daudzai highlighted the importance of regional countries supports from the Afghan peace process. “Our first trip will be to Pakistan in the coming week and …

An insider attacker attempted to target Afghan and Italian forces in western Herat province on Wednesday, an official said. General Noorullah Qaderi, the commander of 207 Zafar military corps told Ariana News that the infiltrator was killed by Afghan forces and another Afghan soldier was wounded in the exchange of …